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The Civil War Journal of Stonewall Jackson's Topographer Jedediah Hotchkiss
Archie P. McDonald. Jackson and were ordered to retreat . We are now some 10
miles from the enemy and about 60 miles from Staunton . I will write again tonight
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The Civil War Journal of Stonewall Jackson's Topographer Jedediah Hotchkiss
Archie P. McDonald. Jackson and were ordered to retreat . We are now some 10
miles from the enemy and about 60 miles from Staunton . I will write again tonight
...
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He ordered me to take some infantry to the fords and make crossings by filling
them up with stones , as I had suggested . I spent the night at Lewis ' , but was up
most of it waiting for the army to guide it to the ford ; slept in the yard ; a fine day .
He ordered me to take some infantry to the fords and make crossings by filling
them up with stones , as I had suggested . I spent the night at Lewis ' , but was up
most of it waiting for the army to guide it to the ford ; slept in the yard ; a fine day .
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He replied , " I was posted here with positive orders to stay ; and here I must
remain . " Gen . Stuart went on towards Hay Market to establish communication
with Gens . Lee and Longstreet , ordering Pelham to report to Gen . Jackson .
Gen .
He replied , " I was posted here with positive orders to stay ; and here I must
remain . " Gen . Stuart went on towards Hay Market to establish communication
with Gens . Lee and Longstreet , ordering Pelham to report to Gen . Jackson .
Gen .
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Contents
MARCH 10APRIL 14 1862 | 3 |
APRIL 15MAY 6 1862 | 24 |
MAY 7JUNE 19 1862 | 38 |
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| Title | Make Me a Map of the Valley: The Civil War Journal of Stonewall Jackson's Topographer Issue 1 of Bicentennial series in American studies |
| Author | Jedediah Hotchkiss |
| Editor | Archie P. McDonald |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Southern Methodist University Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0870741373, 9780870741371 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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